meaning of colon
1. That part of the large intestines which extends from the caecum to the rectum. [See Illust of Digestion. ]
2. A point or character, formed thus [:], used to separate parts of a sentence that are complete in themselves and nearly independent, often taking the place of a conjunction.
3. colon
Related Words
colon | colonel | colonelcy | colonelship | coloner | colonial | colonical | colonies | colonist | colonitis | colonization | colonizationist | colonize | colonized | colonizer | colonizing | colonnade | colony |
